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service·man (sʉr′vis man′, -mən)

noun pl. servicemen -·men′ (-men′, -mən)

  1. a member of the armed forces
  2. a person whose work is servicing or repairing something a radio serviceman
    also written service man

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

serviceman Usage Examples

Noun used with modifier

  • RAF: The case could witness the first RAF serviceman ever to be charged with the murder of civilians.

Possessives

  • club: Toc H. The Everyman's Club ( serviceman's recreation club ), located at Poperinghe, near Ypres, in Belgium.

Preposition: in

  • coffin: She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before.

Noun used with modifier

  • volunteer: The colonial government also used volunteer servicemen from 1942 to solve the growing problem of soldier shortages in the Japanese army.

Possessives

  • name: It is arranged in alphabetical order of servicemen's name, with his regiment or ship, and cause of death.

Preposition: from

  • RAF: At one stage we even had a Jazz band play at a benefit for the family that included US servicemen from nearby RAF Fairford!
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serviceman quotes

If youturnonyour set and seenothing ishappening†do not call a serviceman.You have tuned in the US Senate.

-Brinkley, David McClure

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